Our Projects
This page lists all of our current projects involved in the North Atlantic. You may search all projects by keyword related to individual projects our by their affiliated country.
This project aims to expand North Atlantic experiences to students and to create connections for students to learn, collaborate, and hopefully visit various countries and institutions in the North Atlantic region.
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Department
School of Business
Project Lead
Hirotoshi Takeda
Visiting Professor, Aarhus University International Summer School
School of Business
Developing a feed to support an aquaponics based prawn polyculture in Maine.
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Department
Environmental Science and Policy
Project Lead
Theodore Willis
Suds to Shrimp
Environmental Science and Policy
Meeting industry needs by creating an interdisciplinary educational program to provide guidance in regulatory training and ethics.
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Department
Office of Research Integrity and Outreach
Project Lead
Ross Hickey
Maine Regulatory and Training Ethics Center (MeRTEC)
Office of Research Integrity and Outreach
USM students working with area seafood businesses associated with the New England Ocean Cluster with connections in Iceland.
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Department
School of Business
Project Lead
Robert Heiser
Experiential New England Ocean Cluster and Student Collaboration
School of Business
Creating collaborative learning opportunities between USM and Reykjavik University students to successfully navigate ethics and regulatory compliance.
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Department
Department of Psychology
Project Lead
Robert Bruce Thompson
Regulatory Compliance and Ethics Student Exchange Program
Department of Psychology
Offering USM students an intensive summer program to equip them with the strategies to cultivate creativity and understand entrepreneurial risk by solving real world business challenges in Maine and Iceland.
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Department
School of Business
Project Lead
Richard Bilodeau
Innovation and Creativity Summer Session
School of Business
Offering USM students scholarship-funded travel courses and international internships in Iceland.
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Department
Honors Program
Project Lead
Rebecca Nisetich
Honors Study Abroad Program
Honors Program
Nordal is a leading Icelandic Artist who has created significant public art projects in and around the city of Reykjavik. Additionally, her work includes sculpture, 3D animation, photography, installations and cross-disciplinary work with architects, composers and theatre productions. Her presence as a Visiting Artist will contribute to Icelandic cultural connections and the USM North Atlantic Initiative.
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Department
Iceland University of the Arts
Project Lead
Ólöf Nordal
USM Visiting Artist Program
Iceland University of the Arts
Educating students in Maine and Iceland to advance tourism sustainably in a changing global context.
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Department
Tourism & Hospitality
Project Lead
Tracy Michaud
Tourism in Maine and Iceland
Tourism & Hospitality
Researching a variety of challenges in rural communities in Norway and Scotland.
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Department
Food Studies Program
Project Lead
Matthew Hoffman
Research Partnerships for Rural Community Development
Food Studies Program
Educating student teachers in Maine and Iceland by providing opportunities to teach abroad.
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Department
Department of Art
Project Lead
Kelly Hrenko
North Atlantic Student Teacher Exchange
Department of Art
Using GIS technology to study past weather events to develop a drastic weather-prediction model.
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Department
Muskie School of Public Service
Project Lead
Matthew Bampton
GIS and Dune Formation Research
Muskie School of Public Service
Preparing USM students for the global marketplace by developing skills in information technology and gaining real-life applications in marketing, business communication, and humanities-centered entrepreneurship.
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Department
Department of History
Project Lead
Libby Bischof
Culture, Commerce, and the Digital Humanities
Department of History
Supporting public health and healthcare capacity in the areas of workforce training, healthcare research, and course development for students in Maine, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland.
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Department
Cutler Institute
Project Lead
Judy Tupper
Exploring Public Health Collaboration in the North Atlantic
Cutler Institute
Preparing USM students for the global marketplace by developing skills in information technology and gaining real-life applications in marketing, business communication, and humanities-centered entrepreneurship.
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Department
Department of Art
Project Lead
Jan Piribeck
Culture, Commerce, and the Digital Humanities
Department of Art
Preparing USM students for the global marketplace by developing skills in information technology and gaining real-life applications in marketing, business communication, and humanities-centered entrepreneurship.
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Department
Department of English
Project Lead
John Muthyala
Culture, Commerce, and the Digital Humanities
Department of English
Developing educational opportunities to strengthen workforce capabilities for farming seaweed in Maine and Iceland.
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Department
Department of Natural and Applied Sciences
Project Lead
Ira Levine
Seaweed Farming in Maine and Iceland
Department of Natural and Applied Sciences
Educating USM students in GIS technology, sustainable environmental and tourism development strategies to better understand maritime climate change.
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Department
GIS Department
Project Lead
Firooza Pavri
Sustainable Adaptations to Climate and Landscape Change
GIS Department
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Department
Project Lead
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Department
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